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- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) enhancements and improvements
Genie now generates heatmap and sankey visualizations and increases table limit to 30.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is now available in Preview
Adds SQL scripting with procedural logic and expands parameter markers and IDENTIFIER clause support.
- Serverless compute now available for compliance standards
Adds HITRUST, PCI-DSS, TISAX, and UK Cyber Essentials Plus support.
- Dashboard enhancements and new capabilities
Parameterized dashboard tasks use job parameters to set filter values. Genie is on by default for published dashboards.
- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) improvements
Embedded compute credentials are now included for all users. Column lists are paginated.
- Genie One app thumbnail support
Uploads replace default icons, require PNG format.
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- Partner-powered AI features are now supported in the Canada, Brazil, and United Kingdom Azure Geographies
Uses models hosted in the same Azure Geography as the workspace, requires cross-geo processing for some features.
- Genie Agents are now available in the Japan and Korea Azure Geographies
Workspaces no longer require cross-Geo processing to use Genie Agents.
- New GCP regions support serverless compute
Available in me-central1 and southamerica-east1 regions.
- Regional model hosting for Genie Agents in Japan
Genie Agents in asia-northeast1 use locally hosted models, eliminating cross-Geo processing.
- Regional model hosting for Genie Agents in Japan and Korea
Models are now hosted locally in Tokyo and Seoul, eliminating cross-Geo processing for Genie Agents.
- Dashboard visualization and data improvements
Widgets render pivot tables at full width, and download limits increase to 10,000x1000 rows and columns.
- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) API and user experience improvements
Supports downloads up to 1 GB, fixes chart generation, and adds collapsible error messages.
- Serverless workspaces are now generally available
Come pre-configured with serverless compute and default storage.
- Dashboard subscriptions, custom calculations, and visualization improvements
Subscriptions can be sent to account-level users. Custom calculations can reference other custom calculations.
- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) lineage and entity matching improvements
Now discoverable in Unity Catalog lineage, supports bulk entity matching actions.
- Genie One search and discovery improvements
Filters inactive apps, boosts certified content in search rankings.
- Genie One is generally available
Provides a single interface for business users to interact with data and AI without technical knowledge.
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- You can now use custom base environments for Python, Python Wheels, and notebook tasks in serverless jobs
Defined with YAML files, they support Python, Python wheel, and notebook tasks.
- Level of detail expressions for custom calculations
Control aggregation granularity independently of visualization dimensions. Used for calculating percentages or comparing values to dataset-wide aggregates.
- Value sampling features renamed
Replaces value sampling, example values, and value dictionaries with prompt matching, format assistance, and entity matching.
- Dashboard navigation, pivot tables, and text widget improvements
Thicker scroll bar, larger title character limit, configurable pivot table header height, and markdown table support in text widgets.
- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) and Databricks Assistant on Databricks on AWS GovCloud GA
Genie Agent and Databricks Assistant are now available on Databricks on AWS GovCloud.
- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) sample data, Research Agent, and space manager improvements
Adds text answer summaries to API and increases example SQL title character limit to 1024.
- Genie One favorite and filtering improvements
Adds favorite and certified filters to listing pages, marked by a star icon.
- Dashboard pivot tables, filters, and data export improvements
Pivot tables display total rows at top, Excel downloads in pivoted format.
- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) PDF export, citations, and accuracy improvements
Adds PDF export, SQL example citations, and improved currency formatting to Research Agent reports.
- Change default workspace access to Consumer access (Public Preview)
Preserves existing users' authoring permissions, streamlines consumer onboarding.
- Dashboard enhancements and fixes
Boolean values support custom string aliases, and filter widgets have several fixes and new features.
- Genie enhancements and fixes
Numeric columns are now formatted to handle IDs and currency. Entity matching scans up to 100 million rows.
- Serverless compute is now available in Azure China North 3
Available for notebooks, jobs, pipelines, and SQL warehouses.
- Serverless workspaces are now available in new GCP regions
Available in most GCP regions, see documentation for list.
- Dashboard visualization enhancements and fixes
Sorts charts by hidden measure fields, adds spacing to range filters, and fixes Safari cross-filtering.
- Genie enhancements and fixes
Shows Service Principal ID in Monitoring page, fixes API suggested questions issue, and updates Research Agent architecture.
- Dashboard visualization enhancements and fixes
Adds individual series labels and fixes download format options to include CSV, TSV, and Excel.
- Genie Research Agent, benchmark, and answer improvements
Genie now asks clarifying questions, explains benchmark errors, and collapses query result tables when summaries are sufficient.
- Dashboard visualization enhancements
Pivot table headers render faster with reduced scroll lag.
- Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) limits and Research Agent improvements
Limits increased to 200, adds starter questions and auto-suggested benchmarks.
- Serverless compute is now available in new regions
Added to Australia Southeast, Canada Central, Mexico Central, Norway East, and South Africa North regions.
- Dashboard visualization improvements and bug fixes
Counters now track metrics over time with sparklines. Filters apply instantly by default.
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